course The course focuses on the knowledge and social implications of mobile technologies. It offers insight into the transformation taking place in society driven by mobile technologies. The course is designed to provide participants with a basis for understanding the knowledge of mobile technologies and its widespread use in society, as well as for critically analyzing the impact of mobile technologies on society. The focus is on utilizing wireless network and mobile learning device to get convenience, expediency and immediacy of mobile learning in appropriate time and accessing appropriate learning content.
Outcomes of the course
Participants will explore designing and integrating mobile learning into a course; pedagogues for teaching with mobile technology; a framework for mobile learning design strategies and simple apps for creating mobile content and instruction. Participants will also have the opportunity to attend virtual events facilitated by mobile learning designers and practitioners. The course will feature a short mobile to demonstrating one method of delivering mobile learning. By the end of the course, participants should have experienced a few methods to leverage and integrate mobile teaching and learning in their own teaching.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
To encourage active construction of knowledge, using mobile devices and embed them in a realistic context at the same time as offering access to supporting tools.
To understand fundamental concepts and applications of mobile technologies
To explore the social implications of the widespread use of mobile technologies
To research and critically analyse the impact of mobile technologies on society
To use critical thinking skills to understand the basic principles underlying mobile technologies in different context
Target Group
This course is intended for teachers who are going to integrate mobile technologies in their teaching and learning to enhance education.
Course Content
Week_1: Fundamental understanding of the mobile technologies and its impacts on society.
Week _2: Discussion about impacts of mobile technologies in education and on society.
Week_3: Understanding of a new forms of social connectivity in which instant and ubiquitous communication and timely online events flourish among different community groups in society.
Week_4: Incorporating mobile learning in the classroom setting
Technology tools that support the (click) assessment and evaluation process using mobile technology
Student no. 200725591
Overview of the course
courseThe course focuses on the knowledge and social implications of mobile technologies. It offers insight into the transformation taking place in society driven by mobile technologies. The course is designed to provide participants with a basis for understanding the knowledge of mobile technologies and its widespread use in society, as well as for critically analyzing the impact of mobile technologies on society. The focus is on utilizing wireless network and mobile learning device to get convenience, expediency and immediacy of mobile learning in appropriate time and accessing appropriate learning content.
Outcomes of the course
Participants will explore designing and integrating mobile learning into a course; pedagogues for teaching with mobile technology; a framework for mobile learning design strategies and simple apps for creating mobile content and instruction. Participants will also have the opportunity to attend virtual events facilitated by mobile learning designers and practitioners. The course will feature a short mobile to demonstrating one method of delivering mobile learning. By the end of the course, participants should have experienced a few methods to leverage and integrate mobile teaching and learning in their own teaching.Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
Target Group
Course Content
Week_1: Fundamental understanding of the mobile technologies and its impacts on society.
Week _2: Discussion about impacts of mobile technologies in education and on society.
Week_3: Understanding of a new forms of social connectivity in which instant and ubiquitous communication and timely online events flourish among different community groups in society.
Week_4: Incorporating mobile learning in the classroom setting
Technology tools that support the (click) assessment and evaluation process using mobile technology